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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mr_fredclark@yahoo.com
  • mr_fredclark@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Martins <maryobedm@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:14:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR E - MAIL ADRESS HAVE WON USD$100,000.00.

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN
INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION.
10TH JUNE,&nbsp;2008.
&nbsp;
Dear Lucky Winner,
&nbsp;
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual draws of Australian Cashout Lottery Programm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Cyber lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list
of 21,000,000 E-mail adresses of individuals and coperate bodies&nbsp;
selected&nbsp;randomly&nbsp;by an advanced&nbsp;automated random computer
balloting search on the internet.

Your email adress has emerged in the category {B} as one of the winners
with the following winning information:

WINNING INFORMATION
Batch no:05/763638/IPD
Winning no:11 13 26 34 44 48
Ticket no:275-189-657-23-05
Serial no:8756-05.
&nbsp;
You as well as other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize
of $USD100,000.00 {One Hundred Thousand United &nbsp;States Dollars} each
from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail adress and will be
transfered to you upon meeting our requirements,statutory obligations,
verifications,validations and satisfactory reports.
&nbsp;
Your winning ballot file numbers&nbsp;fell&nbsp;within our Africa regional office,you are
therefore directed to contact our regional office in Nigeria for
the processing and transfer of your won prize.

Remember to quote your reference/winning information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lottery winning information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers.

This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained.
Please note: You are hereby advice to send to your Agent Mr.Fred Clark
through his confidential email adress.
details below for Processing of your Claims:
&nbsp;
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full name..................
2. Nationality....................
3. Contact Address......
4. Telephone Number..
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation........... ...
7. Age..........................
8. Gender...........................
9. Date of winning notification....
10.Total amount won...........
11.Email adress..............

Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically
not allowed to participate in this program.
Reply to this confidential email account:
&nbsp;
mr_fredclark@yahoo.com
mr_fredclark@hotmail.com

Congratulations once more from our members of staff.
&nbsp;
Yours in Service.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Mrs &nbsp;Mary Obed.
Vice President.
Australian Cashout Lottery Inc.

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